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01 December 2015

And the 1st 10-abreast A350 goes to … Air Caraïbes.

Airbus
confirmed at the Dubai Air Show that it has a customer for the “Budget Economy”
product on its A350XWB aircraft.

Source: Airbus

That means
10-across seating will be flying on the A350 a couple years hence.

Mark Pearman-Wright,
Head of Corporate & Investor Marketing Customer Affairs, confirmed in an
interview at the show that a European
leisure-market carrier has ordered the dense layout for its pending orders.

Based on a
review of the open order book this almost certainly indicates that Air Caraïbes
will be that customer.

Air Caraïbes
has 6 A350s on order with deliveries initially expected for 2016 but more
likely 2017.

The French
airline currently flies A330s in a 9-abreast layout; going 10-across on the
A350 is not too surprising in that context.

The
confirmation means that the A350 will see a budget economy layout before the
A380 will, despite much noise around the potential for 11-abreast on the larger
aircraft.